A local train company needs your help

I told you we have an uncool image of Chiba prefecture in this their new logo post. Like James said in comments "Chiba is poor because we call them Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo Narita Airport; even concerts at Makuhari are said to be taking place in "Tokyo."

Today I found another topic about Chiba. Choshi City is the eastern tip of Chiba. Speaking of Choshi, my image is Soy sauce (You may know Kikkoman, but other big makers Yamasa and Higeta are in Choshi), Bosozoku. (Chiba pref had many Bosozoku before, I am not sure now) and of course "Kujyukuri-hama" Beach that is a 66-kilometer-long coastline. At the northern end of the Kujyukuri-hama Beach, there is Inubo-saki Point, the easternmost peninsula in the Kanto Region. That area is very crowded on a new year day. Like I wrote, Japanese love to see the first Sun rise in a year and it was very good point to see that.

To go to the Inubo-saki point by train, you need to go to Choshi station by JR and take the local train Choshi Dentestu to Hon-Choshi.The Choshi Dentestu (of course they have no English page and their server is too slow) is the poor local train and they are in a struggle to survive every year. But last August, they found their ex president embezzled over a million dollars, and also they have to assume debt repayments of the ex president's private company. They are in a hopeless plight now.

Then they sent their message to people on their site. Their message is briefly, "We are very poor now, then in this way, we won't have the check on train by year end and we can't run some trains anymore. So please help us by buying our items on-line and hopefully we can keep our regular train schedule." What are the items that will save them from financial crisis? Japanese crackers: "osenbe"....which lack punch. Is it okay to sell osenbe? What a patient company. Since this is becoming a topic on the Internet, they should find better, high costs items. Choshi people won't lose their means of transportation and this will help the company to be more aggressive.

Comments

[Mari]

Hi There
I was laughing to read the aritcle about Choshi dentetus, but it's not time to laught, they are serious. 3000 order of senbei? It's good job but still far from the million dallors. :-(

[gullevek]

Choshi Train is really funny. Very small car and very old feeling. I took this line with some friends. Was really big fun.

Some Pictures from around the Choshi Line

[Ad Blankestijn]

I am very fond of Japan's many little train lines, and unfortunately, one after the other, they are disappearing... I do hope Choshi Dentetsu manages to survive! Some years ago, I took this train to Inubosaki Point, which was great fun! By the way, the senbei campaign seems to be working, according to their site they already had 3,000 orders by now!

[Sakura]

When I think of Chiba, I think of Kisarazu (thanks to the drama Kisarazu cat's eye). Lol!
My boyfriend is from Chiba so I went to a couple of towns like Tsudanuma and Funabashi, they had nothing very particular that could set them apart from other towns, but rather pleasant to be in.